A role for calcium in taste perception

Monday, January 11, 2010 - 08:49 in Biology & Nature

Calcium may not come to mind when you think of tasty foods, but in a study appearing in the January 8 issue of JBC, Japanese researchers have provided the first demonstration that calcium channels on the tongue are the targets of compounds that can enhance taste...

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